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Shady Jim Bellino
This is his ad on craigslist. Wouldn’t you like to know the interest rate? Apply at your own risk!
Date: 2010-01-25, 10:05AM PST
Reply to: jimbellino@yahoo.com
NO GAMES!!!!!THIS IS MY PRIVATE MONEY. IF YOU HAVE COLLATERAL JUST E-MAIL YOUR SCENARIO AND I WILL E-MAIL BACK TERMS, THAT SIMPLE.CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE AND OTHER COLLATERAL SEE BELOW.NO CREDIT SCORES NO JOB I DONT CARE I CARE ABOUT THE ASSET.
REAL ESTATE-BUSINESS
I LOAN MONEY!!!!!!YOU MUST HAVE COLLATERAL
From the Gawker:
How the Real Housewives Shill for Their Real Husbands
Alexis Bellino, the newest cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County is continuing a grand Real Housewives tradition—she’s using the show to try and shore up her husband’s various business “interests.”
In a recent blog post on the Bravo website, Alexis posted that she and her husband Jim (“Taliban Jim,” as Television Without Pity has dubbed him) own a boutique hotel called “In Vogue” in Laguna Beach, “so if you are interested in visiting us here in Southern California, you must come stay with us!”
It’s never really been clear exactly what Jim Bellino does. (Update: As a couple commenter’s have pointed out, Jim has a background in pawn shops and house flipping. He seems to have also taken to CL to push his pawn business: “I LOAN MONEY!!!!!!YOU MUST HAVE COLLATERAL…NO CREDIT SCORES NO JOB I DONT CARE I CARE ABOUT THE ASSET.”)
Now, apparently, Jim is trying to get into the hotel business, and using Alexis to help. He’s opened “In Vogue,” which is now advertising on such exclusive sites as Craigslist: “BRAND NEW! A BOTIQUE [sic] HOTEL.” I couldn’t find any trace of it on TripAdvisor, but in the ad Jim writes: “CALL JIM FOR WEEKLY AND MONTHLY SPECIALS, CALL ME AT 949-322-4900. I AM DEALING!”
Indeed.
